NH hospitals

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by Belmont Resident

Sorry SC I must have missed your post on the same subject!
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BR, I had assumed that you simply missed the other thread. I have quoted the text of that 1st post below as it included the NH rankings.
SC

The August issue of Consumer Reports has a several page article on hospital safety. Data was obtained from: the CDC, Medicare and Medicade along with infection data from the states and the Leapfrog Group http://www.leapfroggroup.org/

The Aug issue has safety ratings for the north east states listed in rank order by state. Items like infections, readmissions, communications and complications entered into the ratings. The highest score of any hospital in the country was a 72; Billings Montana.

Eleven hospitals in NH were rated, listed in rank order with score:

Frisbie Memorial - Rochester – 67
Wentworth-Douglas - Dover – 67
St Joseph Nashua – 66
Catholic Medical - Manchester – 64
Exeter – 62
Cheshire Med center – Keene – 62
Portsmouth Regional – 55
Concord – 55
Dartmouth Hitchcock – Lebanon – 54
Elliot – Manchester – 53
Lakes Region General – Laconia – 49
Parkland – Derry – 47

The LRGH score is a concern to us as that is where go for care. They rated only average for infections and below average for readmissions and communications. Maybe public pressure will edge them toward better internal policies.